Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Cade Otton? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr.

Start

Cade Otton

TE · TB · at CAR

Market projects: 7.7; recent weeks avg
CAR D vs TE: 16.6; 9th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 93%; Through Week 6
Target share: 16%; Through Week 6

Sit

Kyle Pitts Sr.

TE · ATL · vs SF

Market projects: 6.4; recent weeks avg
SF D vs TE: 8.2; 4th fewest to TEs (2026)

Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Cade Otton?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cade Otton projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 70 (7.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cade Otton at 7.7 points and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cade Otton this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (7.7 and 7.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.6 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cade Otton yet. His market-based projections were 7.7 and 7.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kyle Pitts Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 6.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cade Otton 1.3 points ahead of Kyle Pitts Sr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cade Otton and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 16.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and a touchdown a game against CAR.

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 8.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

By points allowed to the position, Cade Otton has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cade Otton played 93 percent of TB snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Cade Otton, Week 3 against MIN: 65 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 4 against GB: 60 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 5 against DAL: 66 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 6 against PIT: 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cade Otton played 16 games for TB and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 67 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Cade Otton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cade Otton projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 70 (7.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr.
Should I drop Cade Otton for Kyle Pitts Sr.?
No. Keep Cade Otton: he projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 70 (7.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cade Otton over Kyle Pitts Sr.